{"id":206,"date":"2026-05-16T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2026-05-16T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:06:16","slug":"jen-psaki-fact-checks-eric-trump-live-on-air-after-he-threatens-to-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usrelocationpost.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Jen Psaki Fact Checks Eric Trump Live On Air After He Threatens To Sue"},"content":{"rendered":"

MS NOW<\/em> host Jen Psaki hit back at Eric Trump during Friday\u2019s episode of her show after he threatened to sue her and the network over her comments about his business interests.<\/p>

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President Donald Trump\u2019s son accused Psaki of \u201cblatant lies\u201d in a post on X after Psaki questioned whether him joining the president\u2019s trip to China posed a conflict of interest during Thursday\u2019s episode of The Briefing with Jen Psaki.<\/em><\/p>

She cited reporting by the Financial Times<\/em> that reported that Alt5 Sigma, a company with ties to Eric Trump, was pursuing a deal to build data centers in the U.S. with a Chinese chipmaker that U.S. lawmakers have warned is connected to the ruling Communist Party. <\/p>

Psaki said on Thursday\u2019s episode that Eric Trump is \u201csupposed to be sort of fire-walled off from any U.S. government activities because he took over the family businesses when his father re-entered the White House supposedly to prevent conflicts of interest, but there he is.\u201d<\/p>

In his post, Eric Trump said he has never been on the board of Alt5, has \u201czero business interests in China\u201d and only joined the trip \u201cas a loving son who adores my father.\u201d<\/p>

Psaki responded on her show on Friday, noting among other things, that Eric Trump was introduced as a board member of Alt5 during a Nasdaq opening bell ceremony in August last year.<\/p>

Newsweek<\/em> has contacted Eric Trump, MS Now<\/em> and the White House for comment via emails sent outside regular business hours.<\/p>

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Trump and his family members have long faced scrutiny over possible conflicts of interests, with critics accusing them of using the office of the presidency to enrich themselves.<\/p>

The Trump family has drawn criticism for expanding its real estate business, led by Eric Trump and his brother Donald Jr., into foreign countries that are trying to curry favor with the president and for making billions of dollars off cryptocurrency ventures benefiting from his policies.\u00a0<\/p>

Eric Trump Says He’ll Sue<\/h2>

Eric Trump wrote on X that he intends to sue Psaki and MS NOW<\/em> over her comments on Thursday\u2019s episode of her show.<\/p>

\u201cContrary to her monolog and blatant lies, I have NEVER been on the board of ALT5\u2014not now, not ever. Any person with basic access to Google and willing to open a company\u2019s annual report or proxy statements would know this,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>

He wrote he has \u201chad zero involvement in any merger discussions involving any public entity I do not run or control.\u201d<\/p>

He added: \u201cI have zero business interests in China. No properties, no investments, nothing!<\/p>

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\u201cI joined this trip for one reason: as a loving son who adores my father and wouldn\u2019t miss being by his side for this incredible moment. During the bilateral talks, @LaraLeaTrump and I went to the Great Wall of China.\u201d<\/p>

Asked about Eric Trump accompanying his father on the trip to China, a White House spokesperson told the Financial Times<\/em> that the president \u201conly acts in the best interests of the American public\u201d and \u201cthere are no conflicts of interest.\u201d<\/p>

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Psaki Fires Back<\/h2>

\u201cToday, the adult son of the President of the United States, Eric Trump, came after us on social media and accused us of lying,\u201d Psaki said on her show on Friday.<\/p>

She said that he \u201cspecifically\u201d took issue with being described \u201cas a member of the board\u201d of Alt5.<\/p>

On her show on Friday, Psaki said Eric Trump\u2019s comments were \u201cconfusing\u201d given how he was introduced during Nasdaq\u2019s opening bell ceremony in August last year.<\/p>

\u201cIt is my great pleasure to welcome Alt5 board member Eric Trump,\u201d the announcer said in a clip that Psaki aired.<\/p>

Another clip shows Zack Witkoff, who alongside Eric Trump is one of the co-founders of the Trump family\u2019s cryptocurrency business World Liberty Financial, which has earned the family hundred of millions of dollars. Witkoff was appointed chairman of Alt5 in August last year.<\/p>

\u201cI now want to welcome fellow board member and World Liberty co-founder, Eric Trump,\u201d Witkoff said in the clip.<\/p>

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Psaki continued: \u201cNow, to be as fair as possible to Eric, I should say that his role at Alt5 has, at the very least, been complicated. We do know that he’s not currently a director on the board, but as you just heard, the company initially announced that he was becoming a director on Alt5’s board of directors.\u201d<\/p>

She also noted that at one point, a company filing said he was being appointed as a director on the board and the company\u2019s website had listed him as a director on its leadership page.\u00a0<\/p>

Bloomberg <\/em>reported last month that Eric Trump\u2019s name had disappeared from the leadership page of Alt5\u2019s website, but that it has been there as recently as March.<\/p>

But Psaki said the \u201cimportant thing\u201d was that Alt5 is \u201cdeeply intertwined with the Trump family cryptocurrency company that Eric Trump co-founded, World Liberty Financial.\u201d<\/p>

She noted that Eric Trump\u2019s appearance at the Nasdaq opening came as Alt5 celebrated acquiring 7.5 percent of World Liberty Financial\u2019s token supply. \u201cIt was a one and a half billion dollar deal,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>

\u201cSo, Eric Trump says he has never been on the board of Alt Five, not now, not ever. Company that publicly introduced him as a board member at the Nasdaq, a company that in SEC filings has described him as a board observer, a company that bought hundreds of millions of dollars worth of World Liberty Financial cryptocurrency, a company that World Liberty Financial is a major stakeholder in, and a company that the Financial Times<\/em> reported was chasing a deal with a Chinese firm that members of Congress say is connected to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>

\u201cEric, of course, says that he has no business interests in China at all, and that he joined his dad\u2019s official trip there for one reason and one reason alone: as a loving son who adores his dad. I\u2019ll let you be the judge.\u201d<\/p>

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